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Quirk writes "NewScientist is reporting on..."Software to be launched in January will let PC users run as many "distributed computing" projects as they like. The program will let PC users search for aliens, help predict climate change and perform advanced biological research - all at the same time."'It is called the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC). BOINC acts like a software platform that can run a number of screen-saver style applications on top of the PC's own operating system.'"
There is NO FARKING way this is the first post, none at ALL.
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"We hope the United States will open more to China, especially in the high-tech sector."
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The Linux Group plans to announce today that it is escalating its campaign to collect license fees from corporations using the SCO operating system, with warning letters to the companies. Supporters of SCO, including I.B.M. and other companies, say that Linux's interpretation of its claim over SCO is exaggerated.
The letters, dated Friday, are the second round that Linux has sent to corporate users of SCO. Linux sent letters to 1,500 companies in May, warning them that it contended that SCO had violated its intellectual property rights. Linux owns the rights to the Unix operating system. The company asserts that SCO, a variant of Unix that is distributed free, violates Linux's license and copyright.
The new letters, signed by Ryan E. Tibbitts, Linux's general counsel, name more than 65 programming files that "have been copied verbatim from our copyrighted Unix code base and contributed to SCO."
The letters focus on application binary interfaces, the programming hooks by which a software application gains access to the underlying operating system. "We believe these violations are serious, and we will take appropriate actions to protect our rights," the letters state.
Letters asserting copyright violations in SCO are being sent to several hundred of its corporate users. Linux, based in Lindon, Utah, is also sending letters to many of its 6,000 Unix licensees requiring them to certify in writing that they are complying with Linux licenses, a company executive said. Linux's Unix licensees are asked to certify that none of their employees or contractors have contributed any Unix code to SCO.
The warning letters come after David A. Boies, a lawyer representing Linux, said on Nov. 18 that the company intended to single out and sue a large corporate user of SCO within three months.
The letters include an olive branch as well as a threat. "Once you have reviewed our position," the SCO letter said, "we will be happy to further discuss your options and work with you to remedy this problem."
Linux began its SCO campaign last March, when it sued I.B.M., the leading corporate champion of SCO. Linux, seeking $1 billion in damages, has accused I.B.M. of illegally contributing Unix code to SCO. I.B.M. has denied the charges.
On Dec. 5, a federal district judge in Utah ordered that within 30 days, Linux had to show the court and I.B.M. the SCO code to which Linux claims it has rights and where I.B.M. has infringed upon it.
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